Polk County Sheriff's Warrants detectives
assisted U.S. Marshals with apprehending a Lakeland man today who was
federally indicted last week and charged with harboring a prison escapee
who had a warrant for his arrest.

Gregory Alphonso Dickens III, DOB 10/26/82,
of 616 Montana Avenue in Lakeland, is charged by the U.S. Attorney's
Office with harboring and concealing escapee Shenard Dumas after he broke
out of the Polk County Jail in March. Dumas escaped when he posed as
another inmate and used that inmate's posted bail to be released (see
previous news releases on www.polksheriff.org for further information).
A warrant was issued for Dumas' arrest, but through the help of Dickens,
he was able to elude authorities for two and a half weeks before he was
apprehended. Detectives arrested Dumas at a Motel 6 on U.S. 98 North
in Lakeland on April 10 and discovered that Dickens had put the hotel room
in his name for Dumas' use.

Dickens was taken into custody at his place
of employment, Nations Bonds, Inc. at 165 S Central Avenue in Bartow, by
Warrants Detective Chuck Hicks and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms agent Walt Lanier on Wednesday, May 14, 2003, and transported to
the federal courthouse in Tampa.